DARDO, built by the Italian companies Breda and Oto Melara, is a CIWS system composed of two Breda 40 mm L/70, a fire control radar (RTN-10X) and a fire control system (RTN-20X and Dardo). It is the last of a long series of Italian anti-air weapon derived from the Bofors 40 mm gun (Type 64, Type 106, Type 107, Type 564 and Type 520).

The system's primary purpose is defence against anti-ship missiles, UAV and other precision guided weapons. However it can also be employed against fixed/rotary wing aircraft, ships and other small craft, coastal targets, and floating mines. It is installed in an enclosed turret with two different mounts: Type A mount with 440 internal plus 292 under deck HE rounds magazines and Type B mount with only 440 internal rounds magazine (Type B mount is fitted whithout deck penetration).

The Fast Forty is an improvement version of the system with higher rate of fire, dual magazine and dual feed mechanism to allow switch from HE to APFSDS rounds when a missile gets within 1.000 meters from the vessel.

Users

Here are some platforms using the Breda DARDO: